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Changes in Olive Urban Forests Infected by Xylella fastidiosa: Impact on Microclimate and Social Health

This paper is devoted to the analysis of the impact of changes in olive urban forests affected by Xylella fastidiosa on ecosystem services. The focus is on microclimate and thermal comfort evaluate...

Emerging plant diseases under a changing climate scenario: Threats to our global food supply

This review highlights the impact of emerging diseases; emerging diseases and pathogen dispersion; disease spread; and possible causes contributing to the emergence of pathogens. Some plant disease...

Experimental Nets for a Protection System against the Vectors of Xylella fastidiosa Wells et al.

The effectiveness of experimental nets in preventing the access of adult meadow spittlebug Philaenus spumarius L., the main vector of Xylella fastidiosa Wells et al. subspecies pauca, sequence type...

GIS Analysis of Land-Use Change in Threatened Landscapes by Xylella fastidiosa

Land-use/land-cover analysis using Geographic Information System (GIS) application can describe and quantify the transformation of the landscape, evaluating the effectiveness of municipal planning ...

Modelling the spread and control of Xylella fastidiosa in the early stages of invasion in Apulia, Italy

Xylella fastidiosa is an important plant pathogen that attacks several plants of economic importance. Once restricted to the Americas, the bacterium, which causes olive quick decline syndrome, was ...

On the drought in the Balearic Islands during the hydrological year 2015-2016

During the hydrological year 2015-2016 (September to August) a severe drought affected the Balearic Islands, with substantial consequences (alleviated partially by desalination plants) on water ava...

Potential distribution of Xylella fastidiosa in Italy: a maximum entropy model

Species distribution models may provide realistic scenarios to explain the influence of bioclimatic variables in the context of emerging plant pathogens. Xylella fastidiosa is a xylem-limited Gram-...

Xylella fastidiosa: climate suitability of European continent

The bacterium Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) is a plant endophyte native to the Americas that causes diseases in many crops of economic importance (grapevine, Citrus, Olive trees etc). Xf has been recentl...